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CVE-2018-3988

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-12-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Signal Messenger for Android 4.24.8 may expose private information when using "disappearing messages." If a user uses the photo feature available in the "attach file" menu, then Signal will leave the picture in its own cache directory, which is available to any application on the system.

Affected products

• Signal Private Messenger: 4.24.8

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106207
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0656
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106207
• https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0656

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